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Tropaeolum peregrinum

Botanic Family

Tropaeolaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Canary Creeper
• Canary Bird Vine
• Canary-bird Flower

Geographical Habitats

• Peru
• Bolivia
• Mexico

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• riverside
• montane areas
• shrubland

Flowering Times

• Summer to Autumn Jan
• Mar
• Apr
• Nov Jun-Oct

Fruiting Times

Annual high-climbing twining glabrous plant with 3-7-lobed peltate-nerved mucronate leaves, climbing or trailing, 30mm x 25mm diameter sulphur-yellow flowers with small red spots near base, yellowish green spur to 15mm x 5mm diameter with green apex, sepals to 10mm long, pale green fruits with dark green stripes

Further References

• E & M 1970
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• RHS A-Z
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• NAF
• FOPE